Andrea Stolpe, of the Berklee College of Music, writes a blog post, giving songwriters some tips for breaking out of familiar ruts or patterns of songwriting - focusing particularly on harmony or musical elements.

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I’m stepping up efforts to marketing myself - just got a couple new paying gigs.  For me, a good gig is not a bar cover gig.  I am interested only in listening venues and in concentrating on my original songs.

I created a mini-brochure - both color and black & white - promoting me (yes, wonderful me as Laura said in a funny poem she wrote).

I played Cave Creek Coffee Company last night and wrote about that here.  Thanks Mike for the “Sweet & Spanish” guitar sound you added…

I am finalizing a guide to house concerts - mostly stealing ideas from Chris Bingham over at GaiaConsort.  But he said I could….